 In many instances the earnings of the ryut are not sufficient to provide for his family; his wife and sons are obliged to betake themselves to some pursuit and assist him with all they can get. He lives generally on coarse rice, and pulse vegetables and...  An Account of the Land Revenue of British India ... - Page 28by Francis Horsley Robinson - 1856 - 95 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Capper - British - 1853 - 530 pages
...vendor, the salt will be nearly half impurity, dark in colour, and flavourless to a degree. shudder (sheet) ; his bed is composed of a coarse mat and a pillow ; his habitation a thatched roof ; and his property a plough, two bullocks, one or two 1otahs (brass pots), and some bijdhan. He toils... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament - Great Britain - 1853 - 750 pages
...(pulse) , vegetables and fish would bo luxurles. His dress consists of a bit of rag and a slender chvdder (sheet) ; his bed is composed of a coarse mat and a pillow ; his habitation a The Earl of Albemarle ^hatched roof; and his property a plough, two >ullocks, one or two lotahs (brass... | |
 | John Capper - India - 1853 - 530 pages
...with all they can get. He lives generally upon coarse rice and dhull (pulse) ; vegetables and fish would be luxuries. His dress consists of a bit of rag and a slender The system pursued in the Bombay presidency, although based on the ryotwari, has been so modified,... | |
 | John Capper - British - 1853 - 530 pages
...nearly half impurity, dark in colour, and flavourless to a degree. .•/, ,'./•/,• (sheet) ; his bod is composed of a coarse mat and a pillow ; his habitation a thatched roof ; and his property a plough, two bullocks, one or two lotah3 (brass pots), and some 1rijdhan. He toils... | |
 | 1880 - 770 pages
...£10. . . . He lives generally on coarse rice ; and pulse, vegetables, and fish (a mere drug in Bengall would be luxuries : his dress consists •of a bit...composed of a coarse mat and a pillow ; his habitation a tbatched roof upon supports ; ... he toils from morn till dewy eve ; he is a haggard, poverty-stricken,... | |
 | Samuel Baildon - Agriculture - 1882 - 320 pages
...shillings ; but there are not five out of every hundred whose annual profits exceed BS 100 or ,£10. . . . He lives generally on coarse rice ; and pulse, vegetables,...mat and a pillow ; his habitation a thatched roof upon supports; ... he toils from morn till dewy eve; he is a haggard, poverty-stricken, wretched creature.... | |
 | John Capper - History - 1997 - 526 pages
...they can get. He lives generally upon coarse rice and dholl (pulse) ; vegetables and fish would bo luxuries. His dress consists of a bit of rag and a slender The system pursued in the Bombay presidency, although based on the ryotwari, has been so modified,... | |
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